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We're going to see the president only a short time from now. i want to show you what we witnessed only a matter of moments ago, the president upon his arrival doing a flyover above these sheer cliffs nearly 100 feet in total, an opportunity to see from the sky what those brave army rangers faced as they had to scale those cliffs to overtake these artillery positions controlled by the nazis during d-day. it is really a stunning place here, the president seeing it from there, he'll be able to speak to those gathered dignitaries in attendance a short time from now. as we noted among those who wil...

These are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. >> colonel, i know your father served in world war ii. what are you hoping to hear from the current president at this time where we are in a perilous moment in the world, at a time where here in the u.s. leaders are divided on america's role at this time. >> well, we need to hear a reaffirmation that americans' commitment to its own defense and the defense of our interests and our allies overseas, we have a tendency to be very isolationist, you know. by the time we ended the second world war, the war ha...

These cliffs. they're asking us to stay true to what america stands for. president biden today really trying to capture some of that rhetorical magic that president reagan was able to create during those remarks 40 years ago. on that day there were more than 60 army rangers in attendance. today just one, one of the last surviving rangers from what was one of the most daring and dangerous missions of world war ii, john wardell, then a 19-year-old private first class from new jersey, today a 99-year-old arriving seated in the front row with a blanket over his legs in his wheelchair, just a remar...

Summoning us. they're asking us what we will do. they're not asking us to scale these cliffs. they're asking us to stay true to what america stands for. just a few minutes ago, president biden in marine one flew by these cliffs that aren't let me rangers scale to 80 years ago to take out those german artillery positions essentially enabling the allied forces who landed here on d-day to succeed. and president biden is going to talk about that efforts specifically through the lens of one of those army rangers who was still living. his name is john war del. he's here in the audience today, nine c...

Remembered the brave rangers who charged into oncoming fire and scaled the cliffs of pointe du hoc. listen. >> they ran toward the cliffs and mines planted -- [stammers] exploded around them. but still they kept coming. gunfire rang above them, but still they kept coming. nazi grenades thrown from a blood exploded against the cliffs, but still they kept coming. >> john: joining us now is bill mcgurn. he's trying to recreate that famous moment that ronald reagan had 40 years ago to the day, in which reagan said, among other things, this. >> they climbed, shot back, and held their footing. soon,...